The tag is the standard #8 and is cut from old upholstery sample swatches with cotton batting in between. I embellished with a few decorative stitches on my sewing machine to make it look quilted.
The flowers are made out of Tim Holtz's wonderful Glassine paper. That is fun stuff to work with! I ran the paper thru an embossing folder, crumpled it up and smoothed it out a little, then inked it up with some Distress Ink. I used the Tattered Flowers Sizzix Die to cut the flowers from both the Glassine and a couple from some heavy muslin. I then fastened them all down with some vintage buttons from the giant button jar and fluffed them up a bit.
The quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson - "Earth Laughs in Flowers". I stamped on paper and tacked to the tag with the sewing machine.
Added some ribbon and attached tiny bells to the ends so you can 'hear' the flowers laughing!
It was a lot of fun to participate in a swap because it gives you a reason to create something with a deadline! I like that idea and I think it will help motivate me to make more art.
My next swap is 13 Halloween Tags for ATT group. I'll let you know how that works out!
very cool and thanks for the instructions, love your blog so far
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